Article
Safe Childbirth: A Call to Action.
Journal of Perinatal Education
(2019)
Abstract
Since the publication of Lamaze's Six Healthy Birth Practice papers in 2014, there has been increasing concern with the safety of the current maternity care system. A doubling of the maternal mortality rate in the United States and the continued high cesarean rate, as well as ongoing research that supports physiologic birth and identifies the risks of interfering with the physiologic process, has resulted in updated guidelines for care and has spurred advocacy efforts to transform maternity care. This article presents a number of these advocacy efforts.
Keywords
- safe childbirth,
- evidence-based maternity care,
- advocacy,
- maternal mortality,
- cesarean,
- healthy birth practices
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 1, 2019
DOI
10.1891/1058-1243.28.2.65
Citation Information
Judith A. Lothian. "Safe Childbirth: A Call to Action." Journal of Perinatal Education Vol. 28 Iss. 2 (2019) p. 65 - 67 ISSN: 1548-8519 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/judith-lothian/4/